Joule heating of the forming zone in incremental sheet metal forming: Part 2

Abstract

Incremental sheet metal forming at elevated temperatures takes the approach to positively influence the forming properties of the processed material. Among others, the influenced key attributes of the final part are geometric accuracy, the usable material, and the residual stresses after forming. In the first part of this paper, a state of the art analysis of used heating methods and a thermal process model for Joule heating have already been presented. This second part describes the development of an experimental setup and shows results of forming of Ti6Al4V sheets.